Department of Medicine, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium
Review Article
Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair: Proximal Landing and Dynamic Morphology of the Ascending Aorta
Author(s): Ester Brown*
In order to determine a good proximal landing zone and suitable
aortic size for the most proximal Thoracic Endovascular
Aortic Repair (TEVAR), the dynamic segmental architecture of
the entire Ascending Aorta (AA) was examined. The complete
AA was imaged using Electrocardiogram Gated-Computed
Tomography Angiography (ECG-CTA) in the systolic and diastolic
phases in patients with a non-operated AA (diameter 40 mm).
The maximum and smallest diameters in the systole and
diastole phases for each plane of each segment were noted.
Aortic size measurements were compared using the Wilcoxon
signed rank test. 100 patients in total (53% men, 82.1 years old
on average, 76.8-85.1) were enrolled. Systolic values for the AA
during the cardiac cycle were significantly greater than
diastolic values, according to analysis of the dynamic plane
dimensions of the AA.. View More»
DOI:
10.37532/ JHMR.5.2.136
